State prosecutors have filed charges against a man suspected in a large-scale extremist attack on a West Bank Palestinian village last fall, police announce.
The defendant, a resident of Hadera in his 20s, is accused of throwing stones at houses and vehicles and standing by as his accomplices torched Palestinian property in Jaba, a town near Bethlehem that has been targeted several times by Jewish extremists in recent months.
The November attack, which police note caused extensive damage but resulted in no injuries, was carried out in revenge for the Israeli government’s dismantling and evacuation of Tzur Misgavi, an illegal settler outpost, the IDF said at the time.
The defendant allegedly prepared for the attack, donning a face covering and traveling to the village in a motorcade alongside dozens of other masked men.
He faces charges on a string of violent offenses including racially motivated rioting causing damage, attempted malicious damage and aggravated assault.
Police yesterday announced the arrest of three additional suspects in the attack, teenagers aged 17-19 from the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba and Ma’alot, in northern Israel.
Charges have not yet been filed against the trio, but they will remain in police custody until Sunday at least.
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